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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN D. FLnrcHnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at vansville, Vanderburg county, and State diana, hand-invented and certain new and- -useful Improvements in Coflee Compounds, of which the is a specification.

y said invention consists in a compound deslgned for the purpose of making a beverage possessing the flavor and efiect of flee. It consists in the combination of the following ingredients: cafieine, derived from any suitable source; crystallized carame]; fluid extract of the cofiee bean; and, if desired, malted milk, and powdered or granulated sugar.

The essential ingredients of the combination are cafieine in the proportion of one to two grains to each tablet or tablespoonful of t e compound, a suficient amount of caramel to furnish the body, and. a suiiicient amount of tract of the genuine cofi'ee bean to furnish the flavor. ihe cafieine provides the stimulating effect of the codes; the caramel, the body and a certain amount of avoring; and the fluid extract, the flavor. The proportions may be varied to suit difierent tastes. The malted milk either one or both,

the compound in sired to suit the tastes of persons desiring sugar and cream, or either one, in their coffee.

The ingredients are combined and mixed together, and put up in either powdered form or in tablets, contained in suitable sans or other containers; and when in tab- Specification of Letters lilatent. Application filed May 21, 1917. Serial No. 170,042.

discovered following Patented Feb. 5, 119 18.

let form, the tablets are so proportioned that one tablet is intended to serve to make one cup of coffee. In powdered form, one to two teaspoonfuls are required to each cup.

It is understood, of course, that the tablets are formed by any well-known or appropriate process, and that the ingredients specified are combined. in any well-known or desired manner. p

The compound is used by placing the required amount in a quantity of hot water, mixing until dissolved, which requires but a moment, when the beverage is ready to serve.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

fiee compound composed of cafcaramel, and fluid extract of the co ee bean, substantially in the proportions specified.

2. A. cofiee compound comprising caramel, cafieine, and fluid extract of the genuine coffee bean,'combined with malted milk.

3. co "ee compound comprising caramel, and fluid extract of the genuine ee bean, combined with sugar.

4. A cofiee compound comprising caramel, cafieine, and fluid extract of the genuine co ee bean, combined with malted milk and sugar.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Washington, District of Columbia, this nineteenth day of May, A. D. nineteen hundred and seventeen.

JOHN D. FLETCHER. [n.s]

Witnesses:

E. W. Bnnnronn,

E. S. CLntmN'rs. 

